A typical Lamartine home is worth roughly $358,000
Home prices around Lamartine have risen about 69% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Lamartine?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 69% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Lamartine rose 69% over the past 5 years, faster than across Wisconsin (57%). Last year prices rose 7%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Lamartine home at roughly $358,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $358K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lamartine, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
92% of Lamartine households own their home
Half of Lamartine’s homes were built before 1975.
Wisconsin: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A typical home costs 3.8 years of income
Less than across Wisconsin (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $13K short of a typical Lamartine home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200 a month here, $1,100 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lamartine’s typical property tax (1.43% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200
Renters already here pay a median of $1,534.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Fond du Lac, WI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Lamartine in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.7 million to build. That's 1.8 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Wisconsin (4.3). Over the past 10 years, Lamartine has permitted 55 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Lamartine gained 10 residents while 38 new homes were permitted: about 0.3 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Wisconsin: 1.3 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 12 | 12 | 0 | $6.8 million |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $800,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $540,000 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $785,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $383,000 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $273,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $384,000 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $737,000 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $981,000 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| 2004 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $2.1 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Lamartine vs. its neighbors
Lamartine is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamartine | $358K* | +7%† | $1,200 | 3 | $95,227 |
| Oakfield | $339K | +3.2% | $1,130 | 1 | $115,313 |
| Springvale | $245K* | — | $1,040 | 0 | $101,458 |
| Fond du Lac | $265K | +4.6% | $1,320 | 15 | $106,179 |
| Eldorado | $355K | +2.3% | $1,130 | 1 | $105,078 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lamartine buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.